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Best Uranium Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top uranium stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best uranium stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best uranium stocks to buy right now are:

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) is the #1 top uranium stock out of 10 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 12 points higher than the uranium industry average of 25.

CCJ passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cameco has seen its stock return 80.74% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -235 percentage points.

Cameco has an average 1 year price target of $91.32, a downside of -2.29% from Cameco's current stock price of $93.46.

Cameco stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Cameco, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) is the #2 top uranium stock out of 10 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: D, and AI: D.

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 5 points higher than the uranium industry average of 25.

UROY passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Uranium Royalty has seen its stock return 79.92% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -236 percentage points.

Uranium Royalty has an average 1 year price target of $4.50, a downside of -5.26% from Uranium Royalty's current stock price of $4.75.

Uranium Royalty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Uranium Royalty, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Encore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) is the #3 top uranium stock out of 10 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Encore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: D, and AI: F.

Encore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 8 points higher than the uranium industry average of 25.

EU passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Encore Energy has seen its stock return 2.78% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -313 percentage points.

Encore Energy has an average 1 year price target of $4.00, a downside of -1.72% from Encore Energy's current stock price of $4.07.

Encore Energy stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Encore Energy, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 1 uranium stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 1 uranium stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has an annual dividend yield of 0.17%, which is the same as the uranium industry average of 0.17%. Cameco's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Cameco's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cameco's dividend payout ratio of 56.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Uranium stocks were up 7.21% in the last day, and up 18.13% over the last week. Centrus Energy was the among the top gainers in the uranium industry, gaining 10.06% yesterday.

Shares of nuclear stocks are trading higher after the US Department of Army announced its Janus Program to build nuclear reactors.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued uranium stocks right now are:

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) is the most undervalued uranium stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cameco has a valuation score of 0, which is -10 points higher than the uranium industry average of 10. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cameco's stock has gained 80.74% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -235 percentage points.

Uranium Energy (NYSEMKT:UEC) is the second most undervalued uranium stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Uranium Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is 4 points higher than the uranium industry average of 10. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Uranium Energy's stock has gained 128.07% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -188 percentage points.

Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) is the third most undervalued uranium stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Centrus Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is 4 points higher than the uranium industry average of 10. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Centrus Energy's stock has gained 611.26% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by 296 percentage points.

57.14% of uranium stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect uranium stocks to fall by -36.4% over the next year.

0% of uranium stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.11% of uranium stocks are rated B (Buy), 44.44% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 33.33% are rated F (Strong Sell).